Relationships

Forget Love Languages—This Is The Real Secret To A Happy Marriage

What makes for a successful marriage? Is it passion? Taking out the trash? Mastering each other’s love languages? Communication? These qualities certainly don’t hurt a marriage, but are they the “secret” to making it ’til death do you part amid a somewhat substantial (though declining) divorce rate?

By Jaimee Marshall7 min read
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According to social science, there is but one overarching substance to the happiest, most successful romantic relationship: a specific expression of love known as companionate love.